On August 2, Nova Scotia’s Environment and Climate Change minister Tim Halman approved the proposal by Toronto’s Signal Gold for an open pit gold mine in Goldboro, on the province’s Eastern Shore. Signal Gold, which until recently was called Anaconda Mining (an anaconda is a giant snake that strangles its prey), plans to operate the […]
Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period
Starting September 1, seniors who live on less than $37,500 a year will be able to apply for a $750 non-taxable grant from the provincial government. Seniors and Long-term Care Minister Barbara Adams says between 60,000 and 70,000 Nova Scotians should be eligible for the grant. Unlike the previous senior care grant introduced last spring, […]
Saving the Sandy Lake-Sackville River Regional Park
Morning File, Thursday, October 8, 2020
News 1. SIRT lays charges in Chambers case, not Rao case Tim Bousquet reports that the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has laid a charge of common assault against Halifax police officer Cst. Mark Pierce in a February incident outside the Bedford Place Mall. In its summation, SIRT writes that Pierce laid his hands on […]
Halifax councillor’s motion to consider rezoning Purcells Cove backlands properties approved
A Halifax councillor’s motion aiming to rezone three Purcells Cove backlands properties has passed. As the Halifax Examiner reported last month, the three parcels for sale sit right next to the wilderness park recently created by the municipality and the Nature Conservancy of Canada — a 153-hectare (or 378-acre) park, twice the size of Point...
Opposition to Canso spaceport grows
“The government of Nova Scotia and the government of Canada are partnering with a dubious, nearly-bankrupt Ukrainian company using Cold-war technology," says Michael Byers, an expert in space law.
I hadn’t even made it into Canso when I happened upon the first person willing and eager to speak her mind on the proposed spaceport that Maritime Launch Services wants to construct in the picturesque community at the very end of Highway 16, an area that boasts spectacular coastline, one ocean-side provincial park and another […]